Review of Destroy All Monsters (1968) by Blais E — 14 Mar 2011

Celebratory Japanese Monster-Mash, Godzilla's ninth outing, glutted with a majority of the well-known & well-loved Daikaiju (Japanese for "Giant Monsters") of the time. If yer a fan of the Big G's exploits, (And even if you're not-) there's alot to enjoy here as Godzilla rounds up a posse of some of his past friends & foes (Cavorting caterpillar Mothra, Ptremendous Pterosaur Rodan, Godzilla's adopted-son, the moon-faced mook Minya, slippery sea-serpent Manda, aggressive armadillo-like Angilas, spooky spider Spiga (AKA Kumonga), gallivanting and gargantuan Gorosaurus, burrowing behemoth Baragon, and prickly-prehistoric-putz Varan-) in order to usurp a proposed takeover of ole' Mother Earth by some nasty Galactic pricks (A tried-&-true plotline used before & many times after by the Godzilla-Factory, Toho-) and their monster-for-hire, the three-headed, dragon-like pain-in-the-ass from Space, Ghidorah.

It takes a while to get going, but once it does, hold on! The climactic Mega-Monster Smack-Down atop Mount Fuji is priceless! (I especially love those Gorosaurus kangaroo- kicks!!).